Napa Grease

[TractorLarry]

I think Advanced has this too. Cool. Thanks!

-Larry

Ok the Redish stuff I get at Napa is" Valvoline Multi purpose NLGI#2 Lithium"
Part number 615 (maybe Part number VLV615) I get it in the cartridge that fits regular grease guns. I been happy with it, I tell the kids it's "raspberry paste for their toast in the morning.

 

[JTKub]

I think the napa stuff is similar to Red Crown (I think that's what it's called). That is AWESOME stuff for driveshaft slip-yolks and the likes. Very sticky and long lasting. I had no idea it was a lithium grease. I'm with Bob though. I've never seen grease not drip oil. That's all grease is, is oil suspended in thick 'soap' like material. You'll always have some leakage is the seal is not air/water tight.

Joel

 

[DieselPower]

Not all greases drip oil. Some are more prone to do it than others though. What you should look for is a grease with a oil seperation (ASTM D-1742 standard) of 0.0% on it's spec sheet. The grease I use never seperates. I have one 55 gallon drum of grease that I have been using for a couple of years at home and when I pull the pump head off the drum there is still no seperation. Paragon 3000 grease.

 

[Dave01]

Wow, I'm not sure I've ever run into anybody who has a 55 gallon drum of grease at home, it would take me 4 lifetimes to go through that!

 

[DieselPower]

I have 275 gallon RCB's at the shop, 1/2 drums on my mobile service trucks and a single full drum at home. I do alot of work on trucks at the house in my off time (guess it's not off time then is it ). The drum at home usually last me about 5 years. At the shop I use about two 275 gallon RCB's a year and my 2 service trucks use about three 1/2 drums each a year.

 

[mark1]

Yeh I looked into that Paragon 3000 grease a while back..It sounded like a great grease but us little guys cannot purchase it! unless we wanted to purchase a case of 50 tubes at $6.50 each.

 

[TractorLarry]

Wow. Now that's a darned fine grease

Does it come in tubes? I'll have to fire up Google.

Thanks!

-Larry

Not all greases drip oil. Some are more prone to do it than others though. What you should look for is a grease with a oil seperation (ASTM D-1742 standard) of 0.0% on it's spec sheet. The grease I use never seperates. I have one 55 gallon drum of grease that I have been using for a couple of years at home and when I pull the pump head off the drum there is still no seperation. Paragon 3000 grease.

 

[DieselPower]

Actually the cheapest way to buy it is by the 45 pound bucket (6 gallons). The current price is $356 for 50 tubes while the cost for a 45 pound bucket is $235.80. 50 tubes of 14.5 ounce grease (the normal volume in a tube of grease) works out almost exactly to a 45 pound bucket. What you then do is buy a bulk fill pump with bulk loader nipple and refill your grease gun out of the bucket. As a added bonus you never have to do the messy job of changing out grease tubes in your grease gun. You just put the loader nipple in the socket on the bulk fill pump, pump it about 10 times and your gun is full. Buying grease by the tube is the most expensive way to buy grease.

 

[TractorLarry]

We ever do group buys around here? Maybe we could do the 50 pack thing...

-Larry

 

[cp1969]

Grease is really nothing but oil with a thick carrier to keep it from running off. The oil is what lubricates. The carrier just tries to keep it in one spot.

I've never had a grease gun that didn't leak. That's why I keep them in a 20mm ammo can.